Prices for fireworks have increased, as well as for oil, bread and fuel, Pavel Gajewski, the owner of a fireworks shop, admitted in an interview with Wprost.pl. However, the rise in prices does not stop the Poles, for whom, as our interlocutor says, the same tradition as carp on Christmas Eve or eggs on Easter.
New Year behind the belt. In the past two years, we have said goodbye to a year in the era of pandemic restrictions, and this year in the conditions of the highest inflation in 25 years. High prices meant most Poles would spend the last day of 2022 at home. A recently released Rankomat poll shows that one in three respondents say they don’t plan to go out on the street for which they will have to pay, almost 30 percent. completely abandoned New Year’s plans and 15 percent. The Poles changed them to cheaper ones.
“The tradition in the nation is not lost”
We are able to refuse New Year’s games, but it turns out that many of us cannot imagine farewell to the year without fireworks. - Fireworks are selling very well. The Poles shoot, the tradition in the nation does not die - says Pavel Gajewski, owner of the fireworks store Exedar, in an interview with Wprost.pl.
When asked if the situation in this regard looks better than in the past two years, when the New Year holidays were marked by restrictions, Gaevsky replies that during the pandemic he did not feel a decrease in interest in fireworks. - This is so that there are people who shoot, shoot and will shoot. There are also people who did not shoot, do not shoot and will not shoot. Of course, there were restrictions, it was impossible to participate in meetings on New Year’s Eve, but no one forbade people to go outside to light fireworks - our interlocutor says.
Price increase is not a deterrent
According to Gajewski, fireworks on New Year’s Eve are “a tradition for many Poles, like carp on Christmas Eve or eggs on Easter.”
Source: Wprost
